BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250908T213252EDT-8180gVIFHR@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250909T013252Z DESCRIPTION:Programme\n\nAlexis Hauser\, conductor\n Alexey Shafirov\, piano \, winner of the 2024–2025 Classical Concerto Competition\n Jesse Maker\, c omposer\, winner of the 2022–2023 Andrew Svoboda Composition Award\n\nJESS E MAKER Sun Shower (premiere)\n WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major\, K 467\n PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 in F Minor\ , Opus 36\n\n\n Tickets are available online\, at the Salle Pierre-Mercure Box Office.\n\n \n Programme Notes\n\n Sun Shower is inspired by the powerful \, rapidly changing weather I have experienced while living in the scrubla nd of Northern Texas. In the late spring\, temperature swings between the day and night often span 20 degrees Celsius\, as intense sun-baked heat is broken by velvety mists of rain – or torrential thunderstorms and tornado s. Sun Shower takes advantage of the orchestra’s huge variety of color to create a soundworld of ever-shifting intensity. Reedy brightness is engulf ed in blurry shadows\; re-emerges as powerful brassiness\; is engulfed aga in\; and so on\, in perpetually changing cycles of dark and light\, clarit y and blurriness\, dullness and resonance.\n\n Jesse Maker is a writer and composer writing and composing in Arlington\, Texas. His music is characte rized by its breathless intensity. Dr. Maker's music has been performed in »ÆƬÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ York\, Chicago\, Philadelphia\, Boston\, Ann Arbor\, Montreal\, Italy \, and Germany\, by ensembles such as the Montreal Symphony Orchestra\, Ta k\, Ensemble L’arsenale\, AndPlay\, and Departure Duo.\n Long-term composit ional projects include music for speaking instrumentalists and the develop ment of a Wordmusic notation\, straddling the border between sound poetry and music. In addition to his compositional activities\, Jesse actively en gages in research into linguistic and semiotic models for composing music\ ; meaning in music\; and conceptions of sense and nonsense.\n Dr. Maker is on faculty at the University of Texas\, Arlington where he teaches composi tion and music theory. He holds degrees from »ÆƬÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ\, Bowling G reen State University\, and Oberlin College and Conservatory.\n\n Alexey Sh afirov was born in Ulan-Ude\, Russia\, and moved to Israel at the age of s ix\, where he began his piano studies under the guidance of Mrs. Inna Lern er. After five years of deep involvement in software development\, he deci ded to pursue a Bachelor’s degree in piano performance at the Jerusalem Ac ademy\, where he studied with Yaron Rosenthal and Eitan Globerson. Alexey holds a Master's degree in piano performance from the Schulich School of M usic of »ÆƬÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ\, where he is now pursuing a doctorate under the tutelage of Michael McMahon and Ilya Poletaev. Alexey has won several pri zes in solo piano competitions\, including both Piano Concerto Competition s at »ÆƬÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ in 2023-2024 and 2024-2025. Alongside his solo achi evements\, collaboration with vocalists remains central to his artistic pa th. A graduate of the prestigious McGill-UdeM Piano-Vocal Arts Residency\, he has learned from the leading experts in vocal music. Alexey has accomp anied numerous award-winning vocalists in competitions both in Israel and Canada\, including Sara Schabas\, with whom he participated in the Franz-S chubert Institute in Austria\, performing for some of the world's foremost interpreters of the German Lied. Alexey has been generously supported by scholarships from America-Israel Cultural Foundation\, Younes & Soraya Naz arian Family Foundation\, and Jenny Panitch Beckow Memorial Foundation.\n \n DTSTART:20250405T233000Z DTEND:20250406T013000Z LOCATION:Salle Pierre-Mercure\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H2X 3X6\, Centre Pierr e-Péladeau\, 300\, boul De Maisonneuve Est SUMMARY:McGill Symphony Orchestra URL:/music/channels/event/mcgill-symphony-orchestra-35 9247 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR